Raccoons are undeniably adorable, with their bandit-like masks and those clever little hands that seem almost human. It’s no ...

A new study shows that raccoons are physically changing to become more domestic as they continue to live near humans.

Q: I enjoyed the letter about living with raccoons. We have been enjoying our masked visitors for 20 years, since our son went off to college. I feed them dog kibble and occasionally poultry bones.

So many urban raccoons carry a potentially fatal type of roundworm that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has listed it as an “emerging infectious disease” posing an increasing ...

A friend in Denver was being driven to distraction by the destruction in her garden. Pots were overturned and scattered, transplants dug up and tossed aside with alarming regularity. She put the ...

MONTEREY — Just before Thanksgiving, Sharon Foster was gathering things out of her car when she heard a bark. She had set her 4-pound Maltipoo, Cissy, on the ground just moments before and now saw ...

Ever since dogs first joined us by our campfires, according to biologist Jared Diamond, humans have tried to domesticate virtually every other animal. Yet we've succeeded with only a handful of ...

Westchester Health Department is looking for the person who left five baby raccoons on its doorstep Raccoons might carry rabies and health officials fear caretaker was exposed The masked balls of fur ...

This raccoon wants to remind you of a very important and topical lesson Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously appeared on MTV, ...

Download this free printable raccoon pumpkin stencil! Perfect for Halloween carving, easy to use, and a fun way to make your pumpkin with an animal design. Don’t miss out on my other printable pumpkin ...